>This pocket monster is weak to ground type attacks

she doesn't have levitate??

Abilities should be classified between inherent and special. Levitate would be an inherent ability, all Pokemon that float should have it.

>>57930182
Magnet pull + levitate Magnemite would go hard.

My headcanon is that it stays up using electromagnetism and underground metals in a manner that it will maintain a fixed distance above the ground unless it's actively trying to move, so it it is still shaken by earthquakes

>>57930175
Sturdy or magnet pull, hidden is analytic

>>57930182
No Venomoth buffs

>>57930160 (OP)
There should be some things that are just innate to a species of Pokémon. Like your example shows, Pokémon who naturally are floating or flying should should just naturally not be considered Grounded without the need to be Flying Type or having the Levitate Ability.

>>57930182
Ground specialists on suicide watch.
Also romhack pill.

Magnemite/ton should have had levitate from Gen 3 onwards as the base ability.

>>57930182
Also:
>Rough Skin/Iron Barbs for spiky/rocky Pokémon;
>Liquid Ooze for Pokémon that are clearly composed of a toxic liquid or goo;
>Suction Cups for Pokémon with obvious suction capabilities.

>>57931433
Flying would no longer be immune to Ground, instead they would be immune to "Floor-based moves" which includes earthquake and its variants as well as Snap Trap, Surf, Sludge Wave...

>>57930182
I've been saying for years that Pokemon should have two abilities, one active and one passive. Active abilities would be ones that require some kind of effort to utilize (Levitate, Blaze, Mold Breaker, etc.) whereas passive abilities would be traits that are intrinsic to the Pokemon themselves (Sturdy, Heavy/Light Metal, Limber, etc). Levitate is such a weird ability if you think about it in the context of it being one of several possible abilities. Does a Bronzong with Heatproof just not float anymore? Having both would make more sense from a lore perspective.

polished crystal magnemite line has levitate and it makes it insanely good

>>57931788
I always like to think that Garchomps without rough skin discovered some natural source of moisturizer

>>57931778
>Suction Cups for Pokémon with obvious suction capabilities.
Im yet to find a Pokemon without good suction capabilities

>>57931788
i feel like rom hacks have done it too much for pokemon to do it